It’s one of the hottest tickets at Indian Market. This year the SWAIA Indigenous Fashion Show is Saturday-Sunday, August 20-21.
More than a dozen designers will participate, including Catherine Blackburn (Dene, European, English River First Nation), Jamie Okuma (Luiseno, Shoshone-Bannock, Wailaki, Okinawan, La Jolla), Patricia Michaels (Taos Pueblo), Lesley Hampton (Anishinaabe), Orlando Dugi (Navajo), Sho Sho Esquiro (Kaska Dene Aboriginal, Cree, Scottish), and Cody Sanderson (Navajo). We chatted with fashion show producer Amber-Dawn Bear Robe (Siksika/Blackfoot) about what to expect.
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